From 471184c7c2f2d8e18ebc60bfefe99b200ac6ff45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:47:21 +0000 Subject: unposted: document BAUD change in README --- README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index d4ad770a3..7ab1d14f6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ variables as an error, so can still return status 0 (depending on the handling of other arguments). This appears to be the standard shell behaviour. +The variable BAUD is no longer set automatically by the shell. +In previous versions it was set to the baud rate reported by +the terminal driver in order to initialise the line editor's +compensation mechanism for slow baud rates. However, the baud +rate so reported is very rarely related to the limiting speed of +screen updates on modern systems. Users who need the compensation +mechanism should set BAUD to an appropriate rate by hand. + The variable HOME is no longer set by the shell if zsh is emulating any other shell at startup; it must be present in the environment or set subsequently by the user. It is valid for the variable to be unset. -- cgit 1.4.1